Dakota Fanning To Star in “Effie”

Seventeen year old Daktoa Fanning has landed the title role in the Emma Thompson period film “Effie.”   Set in the 1850′s, the story focuses on the loveless marriage of Euphemia Gray and the famed critic John Ruskin.  The cast includes Greg Wise as Ruskin, Tom Sturridge as John Everett Millais , the artists Effie had an affair with, and Emma Thompson as Lady Eastlake, who helps Effie through her struggles.  The script has been in development for some time.  It appears that casting Dakota was the final piece of the puzzle.

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Dakota Fanning: The New Face of Mark Jacobs

According to Contact Music, Dakota Fanning will be the new face of the Lola perfume line:

“Marc Jacobs chose Dakota Fanning to be the face of his new Oh, Lola perfume because she is “seductive and sweet”.

The designer has been a big fan of the ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ actress for some time and considered her perfect as the face of the fragrance thanks to what he calls her “Lolita” qualities.

He said: “I’ve been a big fan of Dakota since the first time I saw her in a movie.

“When we were speaking about who to use in the Oh, Lola fragrance ads – I had recently seen The Runaways. Dakota was in it, and I knew she could be this contemporary Lolita, seductive yet sweet.”

See more on Contact Music

Four Twilight Actresses Rock the Met Gala

The annual Met Gala has been dubbed by many as the Oscars of fashion. This year Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, and Maggie Grace were all there representing different designers. The theme this year was Savage Beauty. Click the photos for a full-sized version.

Maggie Grace, who plays Irina, proving you can look stunning in Top Shop dresses. Via Just Jared gallery Ashley Greene said she felt like a princess in Donna Karen via Just Jared gallery.

Kristen Stewart wowed in Proenza Schouler and Dakota Fanning looked awesome in Valentino.  Dakota Gallery and  Kristen gallery

So which was your favorite>

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Make Screen Junkies Best Actor List

According to Screen Junkies, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are at the top of their game in young Hollywood:

“The 10 best young famous actors got their start as child stars. They were able to make the leap from child actor to young actor smoothly, which is not easy to accomplish. Some characters they choose to portray are emotionally deep, which can cause audiences to forget the young age of the actor. All of the 10 best young famous actors are extremely talented, and mature in their role choices, which shows their range as an actor.

1.Dakota Fanning. In 2001 Fanning got her first mainstream break with her role in “I Am Sam.” She has since become one of the most famous young, professional, and non-troublesome stars in Hollywood. One of the 10 best young famous actors because she has been well known, and respected since a young age.

8.Kristen Stewart. Her celebrity status became a famous actor when Stewart’s role as Bella Swan in the “Twilight” movies became known worldwide. Born in 1990, she has also starred in the movies “Into the Wild,” “Jumper,” and “Adventureland.” One of the 10 best young famous actors because her promising career has no signs of slowing down.”

Check out the whole list on Screen Junkies.

Video: Dakota Fanning in Lynn Hirschberg’s Screen Tests

It’s great to see Dakota in a video like this. It doesn’t happen often. Via Team Edward POV

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Make Best Dressed Under 25 List

MSN has selected both Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as part of their Best Dressed Under 25 list.

“The Twilight star has carved out a style personality that finds itself somewhere between Bella Swan’s Pacific Northwest hoodies and jeans, and the rebellious aesthetic of Joan Jett, her character in The Runaways. Of course all this is glammed up by the necessities of Hollywood. Stewart may be a reluctant denizen of the spotlight, but she’s not afraid to show off her long legs in skin-baring minis. Herve Leger, Valentino, messy hair, short skirts and toned-down sparkle are her go-tos.”

Check it all out on MSN

Via Twilightish

Judd Nelson Sings Dakota Fanning’s Praises

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Dakota Fanning On Elle’s Most Wanted List

Elle has a feature of pop art by Richard Phillips. He covers what he defines as the Most Wanted celebrities.

“Now he’s [Richard Phillips] upping the ante with Most Wanted, a series of 10 portraits of the hottest young celebrities—from Leo DiCaprio and Robert Pattinson to the Taylors (Swift and Momsen), all rendered from those aforementioned red carpet images—opening at White Cube on January 28. The series began as an assignment for pastels of five leading men for V Man in the summer of 2009. “It’s hard to imagine a pastel having any consequence into today’s age, but when my pastel of Robert Pattinson went out into the media during Miami Art Basel, it was at the same time of the New Moon premiere and it went out onto the Internet like crazy. All the New Moon websites and blogs were going nuts; a drawing, an artwork of their star was an amazing thing. It gave me a sense that there was a real desire to see this work,” Phillips said during a recent studio visit, comparing the settings behind these “completely and deliberately synthesized experiences” to “the grain alcohol of media—you take all these rotten potatoes and put it through copper tubing and it’s going to come out a clear liquid.”

In speaking about Kristen Stewart and his inspiration, Phillips said,“I think the easiest one right off the bat was Kristen because of her relationship with Pattinson; plus, New Moon and Twilight were such a success. And just at that time she was hitting it big with The Runaways with Dakota Fanning. The Runaways was kind of a great but wasted opportunity, because the film was horribly directed and terribly shot, but their performances isolated from that were great.”

See the entire gallery here including Robert Pattinson and Dakota Fanning.

Via TA

W Magazine Features Dakota Fanning On Best Performances List

W Magazine in an intro to their best performances article states, “The most remarkable moments in film this past year weren’t 3-D action sequences but characters so real they hurt…In the end, the largest measure of these performances is not their adherence to fact but the vivacity and depth of the characterizations. This portfolio is a salute to their greatness. In choosing these actors, we were not trying to guess at nominations or awards. Rather, we were trying to acknowledge and salute the work, to acknowledge and thank the actors for telling the truth—even when the truth was fiction.”

They then single out 20 of the top character portrayals of the year.

Here’s what Dakota had to say about real life and screen life.

“It was important for me to go to a normal high school. I have a locker, which was a big deal. My mom had to buy me a lock and teach me how to use it. It’s the little things: Where do you go at lunch? How do you open the locker? I wanted a yearbook! Now I have a lot of signatures in my yearbook—‘Have a good summer’ and all that.”

See the entire list on W!

ET: Pop Culture Moments 2010

triobannerrevealTwilight and Twilight connected stars dominated this year’s ET Pop Culture  Moments list:

‘Valentine’s Day’ (February 12) – Director Garry Marshall’s ensemble romantic comedy may have fizzled at the box office like a bad date, but all eyes — and tabloids — were on cute couple Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner, who dated briefly as a result of working together.

‘Remember Me’ (March 12) – Coming off the strength of his first two ‘Twilight’ hits, Robert Pattinson’s serious turn in this romantic drama got more press than box office for the film’s somewhat controversial 9/11 twist ending and the fact that most Twi-hards kept their distance.

The Runaways’ (March 19) – Coming off the strength off her first two ‘Twilight’ hits, expectations were high for Kristen Stewart’s turn as Joan Jett in this rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the all-girl ’70s band. Again, most Twi-hards kept their distance. On the plus side, former child star Dakota Fanning finally came into her own with her adult role as rocker Cherie Currie.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ (June 30) – Twi-hards continued to line up in droves, beginning with midnight screenings, to drink in the third chapter of the Stephenie Meyer vamps vs. werewolves saga this summer. The world got plenty of shirtless shots of Taylor Lautner, not to mention the big-screen ‘Twilight’ parody ‘Vampires Suck.’”

See the entire list on ET